As always, I feel better for leaving the house and once again, it’s a bright sunny day.
I start the morning with a dose of culture to cleanse my spirit via the Museo Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore. Amongst the treasures are the Gates of Paradise, the finger of John the Baptist and Michelangelo’s Pieta. The last amazingly created when the artist was 80 years old and beginning to contemplate meeting his Maker. Dissatisfied with the flawed marble he took a hammer to the sculpture in the first recorded instance of an artist vandalising his own work.
I spend the afternoon calming my soul with another favourite past time, designer window shopping. An eyeful of Gucci, Prada and Hermes leaves me feeling positively sprightly.
Being woefully over my luggage weight allowance on the way out meant that I had to leave several books behind and so I treat my self to Vogue to read whilst soaking in the bath later on. I also decide that I need to reintroduce some calories after a couple of days on water and what better way than gelato? At £5 a scoop it better be worth it … but it’s a huge scoop, oh, and it’s SO worth it.
Katy
(I is for I can’t decide - Scissor Sisters (dedicated to Dolores))
